Justin Kurtz was born January 14, 1977 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The 4th choice, 84th overall selection of the Winnipeg Jets in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, Kurtz is a graduate of the Western Hockey League's Brandon Wheat Kings.

After spending four seasons with the Wheat Kings where he was an Eastern Conference Second Team All-Star on defense in 1996-97, the Winnipeg, Manitoba native split his first year of professional hockey in 1997-98 with the IHL's Las Vegas Thunder and the AHL's Saint-John Flames before signing with the IHL's Manitoba Moose as a free agent in 1998-99.

Kurtz has spent the past four seasons solidifying the Manitoba blue line while playing in a handful of games with the ECHL's Louisiana Ice Gators during the 1998-99 season before making his NHL debut with the Vancouver Canucks during the 2001-02 season. Kurtz has since returned to the AHLs Manitoba Moose.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1993-94

Brandon Wheat Kings

WHL

63

3

13

16

37

14

1

3

4

24

1994-95

Brandon Wheat Kings

WHL

65

8

34

42

75

18

2

2

4

26

1994-95

Brandon Wheat Kings

M-Cup

4

1

2

3

6

1995-96

Brandon Wheat Kings

WHL

53

19

55

74

107

18

4

6

10

37

1995-96

Brandon Wheat Kings

M-Cup

4

0

3

3

8

1996-97

Brandon Wheat Kings

WHL

59

24

44

68

61

6

3

2

5

4

1997-98

Las Vegas Thunder

IHL

63

11

11

22

62

1997-98

Saint John Flames

AHL

4

0

0

0

6

6

0

0

0

0

1998-99

Louisiana IceGators

ECHL

6

1

4

5

6

1998-99

Manitoba Moose

IHL

38

4

6

10

40

5

0

0

0

4

1999-00

Manitoba Moose

IHL

66

3

15

18

94

+4

2

0

0

0

0

2000-01

Manitoba Moose

IHL

69

8

22

30

62

+1

13

2

3

5

12

2001-02

Vancouver Canucks

NHL

27

3

5

8

14

-4

2001-02

Manitoba Moose

AHL

52

10

29

39

64

-10

7

0

4

4

4

2002-03

Manitoba Moose

AHL

71

11

29

40

65

-3

14

3

4

7

17

2003-04

Krefeld Pinguine

Germany

48

7

15

22

70

2004-05

Krefeld Pinguine

Germany

52

7

16

23

72

2005-06

EHC Wolfsburg

German-2

50

13

34

47

159

4

0

1

1

2

2006-07

Worcester Sharks

AHL

55

3

7

10

46

3

1

2

3

4

2007-08

HC Junior Milano Vipers

Italy

35

9

18

27

56

9

1

7

8

10

2009-10

Orebro HK

Sweden-2

50

9

10

19

81

2010-11

Fischtown Pinguins Bremerhaven

German-2

48

7

33

40

101

4

1

0

1

2

2011-12

EHC Linz

Austria

33

0

6

6

89

2012-13

Dresdner Eislowen

German-2

23

2

8

10

50

2013-14

South East Prairie Thunder

Al-Cup

3

0

0

0

6

2014-15

South East Prairie Thunder

Al-Cup

4

0

2

2

10

NHL Totals

27

3

5

8

14

WHL East Second All-Star Team (1996)

Signed as a free agent by Vancouver, October 15, 2001. Signed as a free agent by Krefeld (Germany), August 25, 2003. Signed as a free agent by Milano (Italy), August 21, 2007.